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"If the Governor really truly wanted to protect his interest, politically speaking, in rural Nevada, he wouldn’t have just pushed through a gun bill that was overwhelmingly opposed by the citizens of rural Nevada."
- Nevada State Senator, Ira Hansen who says the gun bill was opposed by 5 to 1 in rural Nevada. 6 to 1 in some of the rural counties. - Friday, March 29, 2019.
"It’s been a wildly successful effort.
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- State Senator Ben Kieckhefer, District 16 discussing his efforts and others to make Nevada a targeted, welcoming, economic development area for Blockchain technology firms. - Thursday, March 28, 2019.
"There’s a lot of people who have an opinion on this report that have never read the report."
- Tray Abney, Managing Partner, Abney Tauchen Group referring to the limited information revealed from the Mueller report by Attorney General Bob Barr. - Wednesday, March 27, 2019.
"I think it’s a non-issue and we probably don’t need to spend any more time on it.
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- State Senator Keith Pickard, District 20 responding to the limited information revealed from the Mueller report by Attorney General Bob Barr. The Senator feels there is no guilt that has been proven and therefore we should move on. - Tuesday, March 26, 2019.
"This is the raise we want, and this is how we get there.
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- Bryan Wachter, Senior Vice President of Retail Association of Nevada discusses AB277 that will move a lot more of the control over incentives to the bargaining groups versus the School Districts. - Friday, March 22, 2019.
"A lot of people are concerned. It may impact the wages and benefits in that region.
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- State Senator Pete Goicoechea, District 19 referring to the memorandum of understanding for Barrick to join with Newmont in Nevada. There is concern that quite a few mid-level management jobs could disappear especially in the Winnemucca and Battle Mountain areas. - Thursday, March 21, 2019.
"I think women’s healthcare is a bipartisan issue.
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- Elisa Cafferata of Cafferata and Company who is working on getting family planning for low income women and a cleanup bill around the abortion issue, in Nevada. - Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
"In 40 years of experience that has not been the case.
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- State Senator David Parks, District 7 referring to allegations that insurance companies would offer a suicide pill to a patient rather than offering an expensive treatment solution. - Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
"I think that he should take note of what the people want and what the women want too.
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- Ruby Rae, Courtesan, The Bunny Ranch responding to Senator Joe Hardy’s bill to outlaw legal prostitution. Lyon County voted overwhelmingly to keep legal prostitution in the 2018 election. - Friday, March 8, 2019.
"It’s my understanding he’s been negotiating with the Feds (FBI) for the last month or so.
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- Assemblyman Tom Roberts, Co-Deputy Minority Leader, District 13 who is a former member of Las Vegas Metro, thinks that former Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson is facing jail time and/or a suspended sentence for his misuse of campaign funds. - Thursday, March 7, 2019.
"I think it’s a pretty blurred line between legal and illegal. Quite frankly.
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- Senator Joseph Hardy on the subject of prostitution in Nevada. He feels that women are being forced to do things they don’t want to do despite protests, to the contrary, of legal sex workers in Nevada. In Lyon County the vote was 80% to 20% in favor of keeping the brothels legal. - Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
"My mother (Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian) forced him to do it. He wanted to settle the case.
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- Danny Tarkanian, Former Congressional Candidate talking about his father, Coach Jerry Tarkanian, taking his fight with the NCAA all the way to the Supreme Court. Making the point that his mom was the tougher of his parents. A movie of the coach’s life is in the works. - Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
"The implications will be felt in Massachusetts. They will likely be felt in Macau.
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- John Sande IV, Lobbyist, Argentum Partners discussing the 20 million dollars fine assessed on Wynn Resorts. The largest fine in Nevada gaming history by more than a multiple of four. - Friday, March 1, 2019.
"I’m here to talk solely based on secular arguments which I think are strong enough that you don’t need any theological or other type of argument to see the problems with such a bill."
- Dr. Brian Callister, Governor-Elect of Nevada American College of Physicians who is continuing to fight against the physician assisted suicide bill that is going through the Legislature once again this session. - Thursday, February 28, 2019.
"I was extremely proud of our community.
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- Mason Van Houweling, CEO, UMC describing the outpouring of community support on every level following the Oct 1 2017 shooting that resulted in 59 deaths and 851 non-fatal injuries in Las Vegas. - Wednesday, February 27, 2019.
"There’s one thing to be heard and there’s another thing to be at the table.
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- Jason Frierson, Speaker of the Nevada Assembly referring to not only the fact that his mentor was the first female Speaker of the Assembly but that many women are part of his leadership team in the State Assembly. - Tuesday, February 26, 2019.
